Mularkey has brought more of a sense of discipline and attention to detail, including how the players line up their helmets on the field. During one practice, he told wide receiver Chastin West his helmet wasn’t lined up correctly.

Mularkey said at the end of the offseason program that attention to detail is a key component in building a winner.

“I tell them, ‘There’s 11 guys on that row, why [is] one helmet out of whack,'’’ Mularkey said. “You can’t have one out of sync anytime when you have 11 guys together. Let’s just do it. It looks nice, professional, looks like we want to do it the right way and they’re getting it.’’

Safety Dwight Lowery, who signed with the Jaguars as a free agent after the lockout ended last year, explained how things are different this season.

“When I first got here, I didn’t really feel like this place was really committed to anything,’’ Lowery said. “I felt like the only thing this place was committed to was playing football. That’s only going to take you so far and it needs to be taken up a level, and it has. Now it feels like this place is turning into a championship environment. If you surround yourself with a championship-type staff, a championship is going to be more achievable.’’

Also unsigned is punter Bryan Anger, the third-round choice who is caught in a contract squeeze because the new collective bargaining agreement doesn’t call for punters and kickers to get an escalator in the fourth year of a contract the way offensive and defensive players do.

These aren’t issues a first-year coach relishes, but Mularkey, who had a two-year head coaching stint in Buffalo, said he doesn’t worry about things he can’t control.

All other Jaguars players are signed and expected to arrive on Thursday. While national expectations aren’t high, the Jaguars believe they have the makings of a team that could surprise a lot of the pundits. They had the NFL’s sixth-ranked defense last year and have a solid kicking game with Josh Scobee, who recently signed a new deal, and Anger, whom they hope to sign soon.